Example sentences of "the [noun] then [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unzipping the long bag , Terry hung the white frothy dress on the outside of the wardrobe then stared at it depressingly . |
| 2 | The Committee then looked at the approach taken in Victoria , Australia , where the relevant statute lists special factors which will convert an indecent assault into an aggravated one . |
| 3 | The dogs stand in numerical order and the judge then looks at every exhibit and examines teeth and , in the case of dogs , testicles . |
| 4 | There is no doubt that the site then secured at the top of the Carrickblacker Road was the best of all those they had considered . |
| 5 | ’ One traditional way of discovering God 's will had been that of the biblical sortes — the question would be posed and the Bible then opened at random . |
| 6 | The ball then waits at the bowler 's end of the pitch until the reset button switch , S3 , on pin 4 of the IC3 is operated ; taking pin 4 high and then resets the flipflop and pin 13 of IC2 goes low , enabling the clock again to run the wicket sequence from D1 to D10 . |
| 7 | All subsequent clock signals are transmitted and the motor then operates at a constant stepping rate equal to the clock rate . |
| 8 | The paper then remains at the Bank and ownership is transferred by change of registration only . |
| 9 | The report then looks at how the fund was used , the outcomes obtained and the options for those refused help . |
| 10 | The highest-paid got £40 and the lowest-paid , £25 , in a payout of £220 — even though the fund then stood at £58,000 . |
| 11 | In the spadefoot , the intense competition among males for females means that some over-anxious males do not wait for the females to get into the pond but instead waylay them on the way to the breeding ground ; the pair then arrive at the pond already in amplexus . |
| 12 | She comments also on the ambiguous fascination these theorists exhibit with regard to their own practice : ‘ it is all a beautiful , theoretical game , that they themselves do n't perhaps really believe in , but indulge in it as one indulges in a passion , overwhelming at the time then looked at with mild amusement , a passion for beautiful systems ’ ( 614 ) . |
| 13 | It is possible to see the weather from a long way off , but as the people at Old Slains know , the weather then arrives at such speed over the surface of the North Sea that seeing it approach seems hardly sufficient warning . |